HP 3PAR Storage Discovered Information


This page details the storage information collected for each of the supported HP 3PAR Storage Systems discovered in your IT infrastructure.

Storage Systems Information

To access the collected information for HP 3PAR Storage systems:

  1. From the Home page, locate the Quick View section and click the Storage System icon to display the list of the discovered storage systems.
  2. In the Storage System list, double-click the HP 3PAR storage system you wish to access.

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The table below lists the System Storage Information as discovered and displayed in the BMC Discovery console.

Storage System Information

Description

Name

The name of the storage system.

Type

The type name of the storage system.

Client Access Types

The ways in which a client host can access the storage that this system is providing. This may be SAN, NAS, or SAN and NAS.

Vendor

The storage system vendor.

DNS Domain

The Domain Name System (DNS).

Model

The model name.

Serial Number

The storage system serial number.

World Wide Node Name

The Unique 64-bit identifier assigned to each Fiber Channel node process.

Status

The operational status of the storage system. To simplify the reading, the status values are categorized as OK, Degraded, Failed, or Offline.

Status Detail

The operational storage system status as exposed by the device's vendor.

Software Version

The version number of the software.

Hardware Container

The name of the hardware container (node) for the storage system.

Total Disk Space

The total available space in the storage system in bytes.

Total Capacity

The total capacity of the storage system in bytes.

Total Consumed Capacity

The total space consumed in the storage system.

Percentage Consumed

The percentage of space actually consumed in the storage system.

Total Available Capacity

The total capacity not consumed in the storage system in bytes.

Total Oversubscribed Capacity

The total space oversubscribed in the storage system in bytes.

Available Capacity

The total capacity available for storage in the storage system.

Storage Device

Link to the storage device page. Refer to the Storage Device Information section for details.

Storage Processors

A summary table showing the storage processors in the storage system. For each processor the following information is displayed:

  • Processor Identifier
  • Vendor
  • Model
  • Firmware
  • Number of FC Ports

To see the storage processor page, click the corresponding table row. Refer to the HP 3PAR Storage Discovered Information section for details.

Contained Storage Pools

Displays the number of related storage pools. This is also a link to the Storage Pool List page. To see the storage pool page, click the corresponding table row.

Storage Volumes

Displays the number of related storage volumes. This is also a link to the Storage Volume List page. To see the storage volume page, click the corresponding table row .

Disk Drives

Displays the number of related disk drives. This is also a link to the Disk Drive List page. To see the storage pool page, click the corresponding table row.

IPv4 Addresses

List of IPv4 addresses used by the storage system.

Network Interfaces

List of the network interfaces related to the storage system.

Hardware Container Information

A Hardware Container in BMC Discovery is a node that regroups all the available information about the discovered hardware components for a storage system. 

To access the collected information for hardware containers click the Hardware Container link available from the Storage System page.

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The table below lists the Hardware Container Information as discovered and displayed in the BMC Discovery console.

Hardware Container
(Main)

Description

Name

The name of the hardware container.

Serial Number

The hardware container serial number.

Type

The type of the hardware container:

  • Main System Chassis are containers directly attached to the storage system that regroup Expansion Chassis containers and/or provide access to the discovered hardware components metrics.
  • Expansion Chassis containers are part of a Main System Chassis container and provide access to the discovered hardware components metrics.

Model

The model name of the hardware container.

Hardware Vendor

The name of the hardware container manufacturer.

Storage System Members

For Main System Chassis type only — Link to the storage system(s) related to the hardware container.

Disk Drives

The list of the disk drives that are grouped in the hardware container.

Pattern

Link to the related pattern information.

Storage Devices Information


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A Storage device in BMC Discovery represents a storage chassis that has been discovered by a scan of its embedded WBEM/SMI-S provider. This section provides information about the Storage Device on HP 3PAR Storage Systems.

To access the collected information for storage processors:

  1. Click the Infrastructure tab, and then the Storage Systems in the Infrastructure Summary section.
  2. Select a storage system from the list.
  3. Click the Storage Device link in the Storage Device section.

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The table below lists the Storage Device Information as discovered and displayed in the BMC Discovery console.

Storage Device Information

Description

Name

The name of the storage device.

Vendor

The storage device vendor.

DNS Domain

The Domain Name System (DNS).

Model

The model name of the storage device.

Serial Number

The storage device serial number.

World Wide Node Name

The unique 64-bit identifier assigned to each Fiber Channel node process.

OS Class

The operating system class.

OS Type

The operating system type.

OS Vendor

The operating system vendor.

Storage Systems

The name of the storage system for this storage pool. This is also a link to the Storage Systems page.

Discovery Access

Provides information about the discovery access nodes created for the storage device.

Storage Processors Information

This section provides information about the storage processors managing data transfer for the selected storage system.

To access the collected information for storage processors:

  1. Click the Infrastructure tab, and then the Storage Systems in the Infrastructure Summary section.
  2. Select a storage system from the list.
  3. Click a Processor Identifier name in the Storage Processors section.

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The table below lists the Storage Processors Information as discovered and displayed in the BMC Discovery console.

Storage Processor Information

Description

Processor Identifier

The processor identifier.

Vendor

The hardware vendor.

Model

The model name.

Description

The model description.

Serial

The serial number of the processor.

Firmware

The firmware details.

Storage System

The name of the storage device. This is also a link to the Storage System page.

Front End FC Ports

List of the front-end FC Ports for this processor. 

IP Addresses Information

This section provides information about the IP addresses used by the storage system.

To access the collected information for the IP addresses, click the IP Address Link of the Storage System page.

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The table below lists the IP Address Information as discovered and displayed in the BMC Discovery console.

IP Address Information

Description

IP Address

The IP address of the storage system node.

Type

The type of IP address.

Netmask

Indicates which part of the IP address is reserved for the network and which part is available for host use.

Broadcast Address

The broadcast address within the subnet.

Network Interface

The network interface related to the IP address.

Storage System

The storage system related to the network interface. This is also a link to the Storage Systems page.

Network Interfaces Information

This section provides information about network interfaces. To access the collected information for network interfaces:

  1. Select the Infrastructure option in the Explore menu, and then the Storage Systems in the Infrastructure Summary section.
  2. Select a storage system from the list.
  3. Click the Network Interface link in the Network Interfaces section to display a list of the network interface associated to the storage system.
  4. Click a Network Interface in the list.

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The table below lists the Network Interface Information as discovered and displayed in the BMC Discovery console.

Network Interface Information

Description

Interface Name

The name of the network interface.

MAC Address

Mac Address of the network interface.

IPv4 Addresses

List of IP addresses related to this network interface.

Storage System

The storage system related to the IP address.

Interface Type

The type of interface.

Front End FC Ports Information


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This section provides information about the front-end fiber channel ports transmitting data for the selected storage system.

To access the collected information for Frond End Fibre Channel Ports:

  1. Click the Infrastructure tab, and then the Storage Systems in the Infrastructure Summary section.
  2. Select a storage system from the list.
  3. Click a Processor Identifier name in the Storage Processors section.
  4. Click a Port Name in the Front End FC Ports section.

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The table below lists the Front End FC Ports Information as discovered and displayed in the BMC Discovery console.

Front End FC Port Information

Description

Port Name

The name of the front end FC port.

WWPN

The World Wide Port Name — Unique serial number of the front end FC port.

Role

The role of the FC port. For example, Front End

Type

The front end FC port type. For example, Fabric (N)

State

The front end FC port state. For example, Operational.

Speed (Gb/s)

The front end FC port speed (in Gbit/s).

Storage Processor

The storage processor for this port. This is also a link to the Storage Processor page.

Exposed Volumes

The volumes exposed through this port. This is also a link to the Storage Volume List page.

Storage Pools Information

This section provides information about the storage pools for the selected storage system.

To access the collected information for storage pools:

  1. Click the Infrastructure tab, and then the Storage Systems in the Infrastructure Summary section.
  2. Select a storage system from the list.
  3. Click the Storage Pools related link in the Storage Pools section to display a list of the storage pools associated to the storage system.
  4. Click a Storage Pool in the list.

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The table below lists the Storage Pools Information as discovered and displayed in the BMC Discovery console.

ℹ️ Information not available for EMC Celerra models.

Storage Pool Information

Description

Pool ID

The ID of the storage pool.

Type

The type of the storage pool.

Name

The name of the storage pool.

Capacity

The usable capacity of the storage pool.

Consumed Capacity

The space actually consumed in the storage pool in bytes.

Percentage Consumed

The percentage of space consumed in the storage pool

Available Capacity

The total capacity not consumed in the storage system in bytes.

Subscribed Capacity

The total subscribed capacity in the storage pool.

Configured Volume Capacity

The sum of all mapped volumes.

Oversubscribed Capacity

The total space oversubscribed in the storage pool.

Oversubscription Warning

Indicates whether or not an oversubscription warning is active.

Storage System

The name of the storage system for this storage pool. This is also a link to the Storage Systems page.

Storage Volumes

The name of the storage system for this storage pool. This is also a link to the Storage Systems page.

Storage Volumes Information

This section provides information about the storage volumes for the selected storage system.

To access the collected information for storage volumes:

  1. Click the Infrastructure tab, and then the Storage Systems in the Infrastructure Summary section.
  2. Select a storage system from the list.
  3. Click the Storage Volumes related link in the Storage Volumes section to display a list of the storage volumes associated to the storage system.
  4. Click a Storage Volume in the list.

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The table below lists the Storage Volumes Information as discovered and displayed in the BMC Discovery console.

Storage Volume Information

Description

Volume ID

The ID of the storage volume. .

Name

The name of the storage volume .

NAA ID

The Network Address Authority ID.

Mapped

Indicates whether or not the storage volume is mapped.

Thinly Provisioned

Indicates whether the volume are thinly provisioned or not. For example, if the volumes are not thinly provisioned, it displays No.

Encryption

Indicates whether the data encryption is enabled (Yes) or disabled (No).

Visible Capacity

The visible capacity of the storage volume (in GiB).

Consumed From Pool

The capacity consumed from the storage pool related to the storage volume (in GiB).

Consumable Capacity

The consumable capacity in the storage volume (in GiB).

Percentage of Pool Consumed

The percentage of capacity consumed in the storage volume.

Block Size

The block size of the storage volume.

Number of Blocks

The number of blocks of the storage volume.

Consumable Blocks

The number of consumable blocks of the storage volume.

Storage System

The name of the storage system for this storage volume. This is also a link to the Storage Systems page.

Storage Pool

Name of the storage pool for this storage volume. This is also a link to the Storage Pools page.

Storage Consumers

Name of the storage connections related to the storage volume. This is also a link to the HP 3PAR Storage Discovered Information page.

Disk Drives Information

This section provides information about the disk drives for the selected storage system.

To access the collected information for disk drives:

  1. Click the Infrastructure tab, and then the Storage Systems in the Infrastructure Summary section.
  2. Select a storage system from the list.
  3. Click the Disk Drives related link in the Disk Drives section to display a list of the disk drives associated to the storage system.
  4. Click a Disk Drive in the list.

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The table below lists the Disk Drives Information as discovered and displayed in the BMC Discovery console.

Disk Drive Information

Description

Name

The name of the disk drive.

Type

The type of the disk drive. For example HDD.

Speed

Speed of the disk drive (in RPM).

Size

The size of the disk drive in bytes.

Vendor

The name of the disk drive vendor. For example, HP.

Model

The model of the disk drive.

Serial Number

The serial number of the disk drive.

Current State

The current state of the disk drive.

Storage System

Name of the storage system for this disk drive. This is also a link to the Storage Systems page.

Free Capacity

(NearLine disk drives only). The amount of space available in the disk drive (in bytes). (Refer to the note below for unit conversion).

Chassis Serial

The serial number of the chassis.

Position

Physical position code of the disk drive in the enclosure.

Number

The number identifying the disk drive in the enclosure.

Encryption

Indicates whether the data encryption is enabled (Yes) or disabled (No).

Enclosure Serial

The serial number of the enclosure.

Free Capacity Unit Conversion

By default, the Free Capacity is reported in bytes, as discovered by the pattern. To convert the free capacity unit in gigabytes or terabytes, perform the following query:

lookup 'xxxxxxxxx' traverse Container:Containment:ContainedDrive:DiskDrive SHOW name, type, speed, size, vendor, model, serial_number, current_state, formatQuantity(capacity, "B1024") as 'Capacity', number, enclosure_serial, formatQuantity(free_capacity, "B1024") as 'Free Capacity', chassis_serial, formatQuantity(free_spare_capacity, "B1024") as 'Free Spare Capacity'. (Where xxxxxxxx is the nodeID of the Storage System).

Storage Connection Information

A Storage connection represents a connection between a storage client (a host using the storage) and a storage volume. The same connection may be linked to multiple volumes representing the client's visibility of multiple storage volumes. The volumes shown are only those that the client is permitted to access. This section provides information about the Storage Connection for the selected storage volume.

To access the collected information for storage connections:

  1. Click the Infrastructure tab, and then the Storage Systems in the Infrastructure Summary section.
  2. Select a storage system from the list.
  3. Click the Storage Volumes related link in the Storage Volumes section to display a list of the storage connections associated to the selected volume.
  4. Select a Storage Volume from the list.
  5. Click a Connection Name in the Storage Consumers section.

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The table below lists the Storage Connections Information as discovered and displayed in the BMC Discovery console.

Storage Connection Information

Description

Connection Name

The name of the connection.

Connection Type

The type of storage connection.

Connection Value

A unique identifier for the storage consumer using this connection.

Storage Volumes

The name of any storage volumes visible to the host using this connection.

Consumer Fibre Chanel Port

Information on the Fiber channel port on the host using this connection.

 

Tip: For faster searching, add an asterisk to the end of your partial query. Example: cert*